Talk:University of New Brunswick/Archive 1

I have the picture of the Old Arts Building that I just added, as well as a few others - I obtained them from a representative of the UNB alumni office. He got them from their web pages, but believes that the copyright is open for us to use them here. I'll refrain from uploading the others til I get confirmation. I'm not positive that where I've placed the OAB picture is the best location, and it's forced some of the other text to move. Anyway, anybody else should feel free to move it. Kraigus 20:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that should be fine, the old arts building is a historical structure, same as we could post photos of the Eifle Tower.Piuro 17:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The point isn't that it's a picture of the building itself; the point is that the copyright of the picture itself is a bit up in the air. But nobody's complained or removed the photo, so it'll do for now.  (If somebody who actually lives in Fredericton could take a similar picture and post it copyright-free, that would solve the whole issue.  I don't live anywhere near Fredericton any more, so it's not going to be me.)  Kraigus 12:12, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I got a picture of the Fredericton campus taken from across the old train bridge today, but since it was cloudy and windy it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. I'll put it up for now, and if I can get my camera out on a better day or if someone else does it before me, then go ahead and put a better one up. Kirjtc2 19:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I changed that picture to one of the Old Arts Building. Your picture was terrible and grimy.  This one is remarkably nicer.  It would be nice to have a better picture in place of it, but this is far better than the old one and was the best I have at the moment.  No offense to Kirjtc2, it just wasn't a nice day. Posted by Blazingluke 16:30, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Misleading
This article consistantly defines UNB as the oldest university in Canada. This maybe true, however; the oldest DEGREE GRANTING university in Canada is Queen's, this should be noted, as it reduces the credibility of the misleading bragging that has occured. User:DrJamesBredden 22:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That may be true, but I don't see why it needs to be mentioned here. Every university seems to have a ridiculous "first" claim, should other universities' claims be brought up whenever Queens' particular one is mentioned? How does Queen's completely separate claim have anything to do with UNB's and how is it any less misleading? If Queen's is the oldest degree granting university in Canada, add that to the Queen's page. Same goes for U Georgia also being founded in 1785: it's an interesting fact, but it doesn't affect the claim that UNB is North America's oldest public university. Regardless, the introduction to an article isn't really the place to get into this. Character 01:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

UNSBT?
The article refers to UNSBT as being faster growing, but nowhere is UNSBT defined. Should it be UNBSJ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.202.79 (talk) 17:09, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Polytechnic?
Shouldn't current events regarding the propsal to convert UNBSJ into a polytechnic be included in this article? 207.179.175.235 23:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably, but it would be difficult to come up with wording that people would agree on. I think a new section mentioning the PSE report has been submitted and that the provincial govt. are contemplating making "transformational change" (their own words) would not be amiss, but it wouldn't do to provide any analysis. And I believe there are particular tags for changing news stories. I don't have time for this right now, but if someone drafts something I will certainly comment.— scribbling  woman  02:45, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:UNB logo.png
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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:59, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Content copied from another Wikipedia article
A small amount of content in the "20th/21st centuries" section was copied from Strax affair; see that page's history for attribution.HazelAB (talk) 19:17, 20 January 2021 (UTC)

Old Arts Building
I have the picture of the Old Arts Building that I just added, as well as a few others - I obtained them from a representative of the UNB alumni office. He got them from their web pages, but believes that the copyright is open for us to use them here. I'll refrain from uploading the others til I get confirmation. I'm not positive that where I've placed the OAB picture is the best location, and it's forced some of the other text to move. Anyway, anybody else should feel free to move it. Kraigus 20:38, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, that should be fine, the old arts building is a historical structure, same as we could post photos of the Eifle Tower.Piuro 17:29, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The point isn't that it's a picture of the building itself; the point is that the copyright of the picture itself is a bit up in the air. But nobody's complained or removed the photo, so it'll do for now.  (If somebody who actually lives in Fredericton could take a similar picture and post it copyright-free, that would solve the whole issue.  I don't live anywhere near Fredericton any more, so it's not going to be me.)  Kraigus 12:12, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I got a picture of the Fredericton campus taken from across the old train bridge today, but since it was cloudy and windy it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. I'll put it up for now, and if I can get my camera out on a better day or if someone else does it before me, then go ahead and put a better one up. Kirjtc2 19:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I changed that picture to one of the Old Arts Building. Your picture was terrible and grimy.  This one is remarkably nicer.  It would be nice to have a better picture in place of it, but this is far better than the old one and was the best I have at the moment.  No offense to Kirjtc2, it just wasn't a nice day. Posted by Blazingluke 16:30, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

Misleading
This article consistantly defines UNB as the oldest university in Canada. This maybe true, however; the oldest DEGREE GRANTING university in Canada is Queen's, this should be noted, as it reduces the credibility of the misleading bragging that has occured. User:DrJamesBredden 22:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


 * That may be true, but I don't see why it needs to be mentioned here. Every university seems to have a ridiculous "first" claim, should other universities' claims be brought up whenever Queens' particular one is mentioned? How does Queen's completely separate claim have anything to do with UNB's and how is it any less misleading? If Queen's is the oldest degree granting university in Canada, add that to the Queen's page. Same goes for U Georgia also being founded in 1785: it's an interesting fact, but it doesn't affect the claim that UNB is North America's oldest public university. Regardless, the introduction to an article isn't really the place to get into this. Character 01:38, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

UNSBT?
The article refers to UNSBT as being faster growing, but nowhere is UNSBT defined. Should it be UNBSJ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.97.202.79 (talk) 17:09, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Polytechnic?
Shouldn't current events regarding the propsal to convert UNBSJ into a polytechnic be included in this article? 207.179.175.235 23:31, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Probably, but it would be difficult to come up with wording that people would agree on. I think a new section mentioning the PSE report has been submitted and that the provincial govt. are contemplating making "transformational change" (their own words) would not be amiss, but it wouldn't do to provide any analysis. And I believe there are particular tags for changing news stories. I don't have time for this right now, but if someone drafts something I will certainly comment.— scribbling  woman  02:45, 13 October 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:UNB logo.png
Image:UNB logo.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 21:59, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Content copied from another Wikipedia article
A small amount of content in the "20th/21st centuries" section was copied from Strax affair; see that page's history for attribution.HazelAB (talk) 19:17, 20 January 2021 (UTC)